Victoria McDowell has a Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) from Macquarie University, specialising in early education from birth to eight years. She has over 19 years’ experience working in a variety of roles across a range of different services and provider structures. This includes as an early childhood teacher and group leader, a centre manager and an educational leader. Victoria is passionate about teaching and educating young children, mentoring teachers and educators in early childhood pedagogy and practice, as well as advocating for children’s rights as citizens of the world. Victoria’s strength in pedagogy, and supporting and leading teachers and educators over the last 17 years, led to her taking on the role of E-Learning Content and Projects Coordinator for the ECA Learning Hub, where she dedicates her working days to designing and delivering professional learning to all early learning professionals across Australia.